Archive for 'Actors'
President Obama rallies Democrats in Los Angeles
(10-23) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles – – President Obama starred Friday at the largest political rally of California's 2010 election season, imploring a raucous crowd of 32,000 to vote and telling them, "You have the chance to set the direction of this state, and this country – just like you did in 2008." "You can [...]
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Actor Tony Curtis dies – Lake County News-Sun
Actor Tony Curtis dies By KEN RITTER Associated Press Writer Sep 30, 2010 12:26PM Share E-Mail Print Article Extras HENDERSON, Nev. — Tony Curtis shaped himself from a 1950s movie heartthrob into a respected actor, showing a determined streak that served him well in such films as “Sweet Smell of Success,” “The Defiant Ones” and [...]
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Youngstown News, Years Ago
Today is Sunday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2010. there are 82 days left in the year. On this date in: 1845: The U.S. Naval Academy is established in Annapolis, Md. 1913: The Panama Canal is effectively completed as President Woodrow Wilson sends a signal from the White House by telegraph, setting off explosives [...]
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Director Judd Apatow Talks Filmmaking, Pee Wee Herman, and S.F. (VIDEO)
Back in September, we gave our readers a chance to interview director Judd Apatow– the man behind the TV show Freaks and Geeks, and director of movies like Knocked Up and The Forty Year Old Virgin. Readers sent in three sample questions they would ask Apatow, and we picked the ones we liked best. The [...]
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Actor Charlie Sheen files for divorce
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Charlie Sheen filed for divorce on Monday to end his third, short-lived marriage that was marred by a criminal conviction for assault on his wife and a recent, scandalous escapade in new York City hotel. The popular star of TV comedy "Two and a half Men" filed papers in Los [...]
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Charlie Sheen Plans to Divorce Wife Brooke Mueller
CHARLIE Sheen is planning to divorce his wife Brooke Mueller. People magazine says the troubled two and a half Men actor will file papers to end the marriage on Monday. The couple — who married in 2008 and have twin 1-year-old boys — have been living apart since April following a Christmas fight that landed [...]
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Morgan Freeman to receive lifetime achievement award
12 October 2010 last updated at 06:09 ET Share this page Freeman has won one Oscar and has been nominated for several Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman is to receive a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute (AFI). The 73-year-old Oscar winner will be presented with the award on 9 June. AFI chair Sir [...]
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Obituary: Sir Norman Wisdom
4 October 2010 Last updated at 17:19 ET Share this page Charlie Chaplin said Sir Norman was his favourite clown During a career which spanned seven decades, Sir Norman Wisdom went beyond clowning and slapstick to star in 19 movies. His knighthood, which came in 2000, put the diminutive comic on a footing with the [...]
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CAP News
MINNEAPOLIS (CAP) – Authorities have charged a local couple with child endangerment after neighbors reported they let their 7-year-old son sleep in a pumpkin patch alone on Halloween night. Fred and Nancy van Pelt of Roseville, a suburb of Minneapolis, were arrested at their home after their son, Linus van Pelt, turned up at the [...]
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Connery cites health for Spanish court non-appearance
MARBELLA, Spain (AFP) – Sean Connery and his wife failed to attend a Spanish court hearing into a corruption probe as ordered on Friday, citing health reasons, a court source said. The 80-year-old film star best known for his portrayal of James Bond said in a letter to the judge that because of their "age [...]
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Big breaks by the bayou
Big breaks by the bayou | Schumacher's Shreveport shoot | Big Easy location managers tackle difficult tasks "Our goal is not to be like Los Angeles. we want to be our own Los Angeles," says Sherri McConnell, Louisiana's director of entertainment industry development. Judging from the bonanza of big-time film and TV shoots landing in [...]
